Defn: Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.
HOBGOBLIN
Hob"gob`lin, n. Etym: [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
Defn: A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.
HOBILER
Hob"i*ler, n.Etym: [See 2d Hobbler.]
Defn: A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C.
HOBIT
Ho"bit, n. Etym: [See Howitzer.] (Mil.)
Defn: A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
HOBNAIL
Hob"nail`, n. Etym: [1st hob + nail.]
1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, — used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton. Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.